Audit of USAID/West Bank and Gaza’s Emergency Jobs Program.

According to the mission, the Emergency Jobs Program is designed to provide targeted emergency employment opportunities for skilled and unskilled workers by designing and directing responsive, labor-intensive, small-scale infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors. USAID/West Bank and Gaza awarded a 3-year cooperative agreement valued at $20 million that began in October 2007. The program is intended to improve the quality of life for at least 1 million Palestinians in a minimum of 100 vulnerable communities in the West Bank.

This audit will determine whether USAID/West Bank and Gaza’s Emergency Jobs Program is providing skilled and unskilled employment opportunities.